Brown's Spieth Named to Academic All-District Team
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Brown's Spieth Named to Academic All-District Team
The team recognizes the countries top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom.
Steven Spieth
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTSpieth is averaging 11.6 points per game, 15.5 point per game in Ivy League play, 3.6 assists per game and has the second best free throw percentage in the Ivy League. Spieth has started 79 of 80 career games for Brown.
Speith has posted at least 20 points in two of Brown's last four games and has reached double figures in all four of those games.
Brown Basketball
Brown is currently 7-13 and 2-4 in conference play on the season and are riding a two game winning streak
The Bears return to action on Friday night when they travel to Harvard, tip off is set for 7 p.m.
See The First Team Below
Brown Bears 2015-16 Projected Starting Lineup
G - Tavon Blackmon
Junior Tavon Blackmon started 28 of 29 games for Brown last season and averaged 10.4 points per game and dished out 114 assists (3.9 per game) last season.
Blackmon ranked 4th in the Ivy League in free throw percentage (.831) and fifth in the Ivy League in assists per game.
For his career, Blackmon averages 8.9 points and 3.9 assists per game with an assist to turnover ratio of 1.3.
G -J.R. Hobbie
Junior J.R. Hobbie comes into the 2015-16 season after starting 11 of Brown's last 12 games in 14-15.
Last season Hobbie averaged 8.9 points per game and shot 41% from beyond the three-point arc.
In his career, Hobbie is averaging 7.3 points per game and shooting 42% from three-point land.
G - Steven Spieth
In two years at Brown, Steven Spieth has started 58 of 59 games, averaging 9.1 points per game and shooting 43 percent from the field for his career.
Spieth averaged 9.9 points, five rebounds and two assists per game for the Bears.
F - Cedric Kuakumensah
Senior captain Cedric Kuakumensah is coming off of a 2014-15 season in which he was named second team All-Ivy and reached the 235 career blocked shots milestone. Kuakumensah is 17 blocked shots away from the Ivy League record for blocks in a career. Kuakumensah had 76 blocked shots last season for Brown.
Kuakumensah averaged 7.4 rebounds and 11.2 points per game as well as 2.5 blocked shots per game, which ranked him 20th best in the country.
F- Travis Fuller
Travis Fuller, a 6'9" freshman forward, comes to Brown fro California where he averaged a double-double, 18 points and 10 rebounds at La Costa Canyon High School.
"Travis is a versatile forward who can be effective both inside and outside. He has a very good combination of size and skill but also a very high basketball IQ and a desire to be successful. We think he can be very effective because of these traits," head coach Mike Martin said.
6th Man - Corey Daugherty
Barrington, Rhode Island's own Corey Daugherty was named the Gatorade Player-of-the-Year as a high school senior and first team all-state as a junior and senior.
Daugherty will provide Brown scoring off the bench and an extra ball handler in pressure situations. Wouldn't be surprised if Daugherty finds himself in the starting lineup at times this season.
“Corey is a highly skilled guard who we have seen a lot during his high school career. He has very good quickness and was a prolific scorer when needed in high school. We feel that his ball handling and shooting ability allow him to play either guard spot in college," Martin said.
